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Page 37
... supplied by a wide survey of life and nature , Cowley certainly errs by intro- ducing pedantry far more frequently than Tasso . I know not , indeed , why they should be compared ; for the resemblance of Cowley's work to Tasso's is only ...
... supplied by a wide survey of life and nature , Cowley certainly errs by intro- ducing pedantry far more frequently than Tasso . I know not , indeed , why they should be compared ; for the resemblance of Cowley's work to Tasso's is only ...
Page 86
... supplied with a closet of knowledge . Those indeed who professed learn- ing were not less learned than at any other time ; but of that middle race of students who read for pleasure or accomplish- ment , and who buy the numerous products ...
... supplied with a closet of knowledge . Those indeed who professed learn- ing were not less learned than at any other time ; but of that middle race of students who read for pleasure or accomplish- ment , and who buy the numerous products ...
Page 108
... supplied . The want of human interest is always felt . Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a ...
... supplied . The want of human interest is always felt . Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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